Local health workers kill mosquitoes in the patient's family area.Photo: Ha Tinh Department of Health
According to a report by the Center for Disease Control, Ha Tinh Province, patient H.V.T.(born in 1993, in Van Lac village, Ky Van commune, Ky Anh district) is a labor work in Angola, returning to October 29, 2024.By 11/11/2024, the patient had symptoms of fever, so he went to Ky Anh Town General Hospital for examination and treatment.
On November 19, 2024, the patient was transferred to Ha Tinh General Hospital for examination, the patient was introduced to take samples for testing for malaria parasites at Ha Tinh Provincial Disease Control Center.As a result, the patient was positive for malaria parasites and was diagnosed with a malaria due to Plasmodium Vivax parasites.
After the test results, the patient was transferred to treatment and monitored at Ky Van Commune Health Station.Currently, the patient has stabilized the fever and is allowed to go home to continue taking medicine to treat the anti -relapse and monitor and supervise according to regulations.
Immediately after the patient's test results, Ha Tinh Provincial Center for Disease Control said that this is a case that can be delivered in the blood, so it is likely to spread to the community.CDC Ha Tinh urgently sent officials to the area to coordinate with local authorities, district health centers, commune health stations to organize supervision of close contact cases with patients, especially members.of households, investigating and arresting and determining malaria mosquitoes, continuing to expand the epidemiological investigation of the whole commune.Since then zoning and spraying chemicals for mosquito treatment in Van Lac village, Thach Van commune;Take more than 100 blood blue of adjacent areas, existing cases with malaria fever in the whole commune to test for malaria parasites;Through the test of all blue blood samples is negative with malaria parasites.
Although Ha Tinh has been recognized to eliminate the provincial -level malaria, the high risks and potential risks of malaria returned at any time, especially from foreign malaria cases andThe density of malaria mosquitoes increased, widely distributed due to long -term no chemical spray and impregnated with chemicals to kill mosquitoes.
Therefore, in order to maintain the results of excluding malaria of health facilities, people need to raise their vigilance and not neglect subjective in preventing malaria.When working from the area where malaria circulates, suspected malaria or symptoms of high fever, tremor, sweating ... should immediately go to the medical facility for examination, testing and Articletimely treatment, avoiding the risk of unfortunate complications may occur.